Alumni

Congratulations, Class of 2015!

The Class of 2015 closed out The Young Alumni Giving Challenge with the highest class participation, achieving 1st place! Thank you to every one of you for participating in The Young Alumni Challenge and joining us in contributing to the 2023-24 The Pingry Fund.

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Alumni Events

Save the dates and check our social media plus your email for event information, registration links, etc. throughout the year!
Details are subject to change.

September 13 - Friday Night Lights

Time: 6:00–9:00 p.m.
Location: Parsons Field

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September 18 - 1861 Leadership Society Reception

Time: 7:00–9:00 p.m.
Location: Beinecke House

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Upcoming Alumni Events and Details for 2024-25

September 12	PAA Board Meeting
September 13	Friday Night Lights
September 18	1861 Leadership Society Reception
September 22	Alumni Pickle Ball
September 27	Celebration of Athletics: Athletics Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony and Reception Nelson L. Carr ’24 Service Award
September 28	Alumni Soccer Game
September 28	Homecoming Tailgate
October 10	Young Alumni Happy Hour in NYC
October 15	Pingry Fund Volunteer Virtual Training
October 18	Pingry Fund Volunteer Virtual Training
October 19	Football Alumni Event
October 23	Ring the Bell: Pingry's Annual Celebration of Giving
November 8	Achievement in the Arts Award Assembly
November 21	PAA Board Meeting
November 29	Alumni Squash Event
November 29	The John A. Magadini Alumni Ice Hockey Game
December 5	NYC Regional Reception
December 19	Back-From-College Lunch
December 20	Alumni Basketball Game & Reception
January 16	PAA Board Meeting (Virtual)
January 22	The John Hanly Lecture on Ethics and Morality
February 3	Naples Reception
February 5	Palm Beach Reception
February 6	Vero Beach Reception
February 21	Career Day
February 28	Robert LeBow ’58 Oratorical Competition
March 2	San Francisco Reception
March 4	Los Angeles Reception
April 3	PAA Dinner & Discussion
April 9	Stifel Award Assembly
May 9	Reunion Weekend
May 20	PAA Annual Meeting of Alumni & Student Leadership (Hybrid)
May 21	Washington D.C. Regional Reception
June 8	Class of 2025 Commencement

Photo Galleries from 2024-25 Alumni Events

Video Archives of Previous Events

John Hanly Lecture Series on Ethics and Morality (January 25)

The Pingry Alumnae Committee Presents: Author Talk with Lyric Wallwork Winik '84 (December 5)

Achievement in the Arts Award Assembly Honoring Dr. Ashley Jackson ’04 (November 2)

2023 Athletics Hall of Fame Ceremony (September 29)

Pingry Alumni Association's Annual Meeting of the Alumni with Student Leadership (May 17)Achievement in the Arts Award Assembly Honoring Paul W. Downs '00 (May 15)"Author Talk with Laura Zinn Fromm '82" (March 8)

Guest speaker Laura Zinn Fromm '82 (with special guest Vicki Grant).

"The Art of the Pivot: How to Successfully Reinvent Your Career Path" (May 18)

Guest Speakers: Elana Drell-Szyfer '87, Amanda Freeman '94, Kate Martuscello Smith '00, and Sumeet Shah '04.

"Maximize Your Impact with Planned Giving" (April 6)

Guest Speaker: Ben Lehrhoff '99 from Bernstein Private Wealth Management.

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Join the Pingry Network

Have you joined our Pingry Alumni Network on LinkedIn yet? We've also launched several other industry-specific networking groups listed below, so submit your membership requests today via LinkedIn and connect with 3,500+ Pingry professionals.

Pingry Alumni Network
Pingry Arts Network
Pingry Entertainment Network
Pingry Innovation & Entrepreneurship Network
Pingry Law Network
Pingry Marketing Network
Pingry Media & Communications Network
Pingry Non-Profit & Public Service Network
Pingry Real Estate Network
Pingry Science Network
Pingry Women's Network
Pingry on Wall Street

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Events & Volunteer Opportunities

Alumni Events:

We host 20-30 alumni events each year in New Jersey and in cities from coast to coast. Visit Pingry.org/AlumniEvents for a look at what’s planned for the next few months, and mark your calendars to attend one of these events—or maybe even offer to host a future event in your city.

Volunteer Opportunities:

There are many ways in which you can serve as one of our valuable alumni volunteers: join your class Reunion planning committee, offer to be an industry panelist for Career Day, provide an opportunity for Pingry students looking for an Independent Senior Project, serve as an assistant coach for one of our sports teams, join the Pingry Alumni Association Board, or help drive participation in The Pingry Fund.

Visit Campus:

Witness for yourself the limitless energy of today’s students, reconnect with faculty and staff members, and check out all of the incredible changes that have been made over just the past few years.

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Contact:

Reach out to Pingry’s Director of Development Jane Hoffman '94 at jhoffman@pingry.org or 908-647-5555 if you have any questions or to discuss ways in which you can either reconnect with Pingry or increase your involvement within the alumni community.

Supporting Pingry

You can make a difference for our students today, and for the future of Pingry, by supporting The Pingry Fund. Your gift helps to support Pingry athletics, the arts, technology and innovation, financial assistance for our students, and professional development for our faculty.

Make a gift today!

If you have any questions about the Alumni Association or about staying involved with Pingry, contact Jane Hoffman '94, Director of Development, at jhoffman@pingry.org or 908-647-5555.

Pingry Alumni Association Membership

You are considered a member of the Pingry Alumni Association if you have been at any time a student in regular attendance at The Pingry School and/or are a graduate of The Pingry School.

Any person who was at any time a student in regular attendance at the former Short Hills Country Day School prior to its merger with The Pingry School and/or were a graduate of the former Short Hills Country Day School is also considered a member of the Alumni Association.

Alumni Awards

Submit Your Nominations Here!

Achievement in the Arts Award

The Achievement in the Arts Award is presented to distinguished Pingry graduates or former teachers in recognition of the contributions they have made to artistic pursuits throughout their careers.

Established in 2012 during Pingry's Sesquicentennial, the award celebrates the school's commitment to the arts and the growth of the Pingry arts program. An awardee must be recognized by their professional community as having made a significant contribution to their art form. To nominate a Pingry graduate or former teacher, complete this online nomination form or contact Stacy Schuessler, Alumni Relations and Annual Giving Associate, at sschuessler@pingry.org or 908-647-7058.

Award Recipients
2023	Paul W. Downs '00 - Actor, Writer, Director, and Producer Ashley Jackson '04 - Harpist and Professor
2022	Scott Loikits '90 - Architect and Design Director
2021	Dr. Scott Brown '78 - Performing Arts Medicine / Jazz Historian
2019	Steve Henry '81 - Gallery Director
2018	Gillian Vigman '90 - Actress
2017	Adam Gardner '91 - Musician and Environmental Activist
2016	Jack Youngelson '85 - Documentary Filmmaker
2015	Joshua Breakstone '73 - Jazz Guitarist
2014	Meredith Ward '78 - Gallery Owner
2014	Chris Bender '89 - Movie Producer
2013	Donald Johnston, Jr. '62 - Jazz Composer
2013	Adam Kalkin '80 - Architect
2013	William Michals '82 - Professional Singer
2012	Harry Allen '82 - Interior, Product, and Lighting Designer
2012	Alfred Fedak '71 - Organist / Music Minister
2012	Miguel Gutierrez '89 - Dancer / Choreographer / Poet / Teacher
2012	Jonathan Sarkin '71 - Painter

Athletics Hall of Fame

Established in 1991, Pingry’s Athletics Hall of Fame seeks to honor those individuals and teams who have contributed significantly to the school’s great tradition of athletics. Pingry believes in the benefits of strong athletics as a part of the well-rounded student. Along with athletic prowess, the virtues of teamwork, good citizenship, and integrity are also celebrated in the Athletics Hall of Fame.

The Athletics Hall of Fame has now grown to include players, coaches and teams representing both men and women in virtually every sport offered at Pingry, another testament to Pingry’s excellence in athletics.

To nominate a Pingry graduate, coach, or team for the Athletics Hall of Fame, please use this online nomination form or contact Taylor Pennell, Assistant Director of Development, Alumni Engagement, at 908-647-7058 or tpennell@pingry.org.

Note: In order to be eligible for the Athletics Hall of Fame, former student-athletes must have graduated at least 10 years ago and coaches must already be retired.

Current List of Pingry Athletics Hall of Fame Member (PDF)

If you are a member of the Pingry Athletics Hall of Fame, please submit this form to claim your commemorative AHOF coin as a gift to you for your contributions to Pingry Athletics.

Digital Athletics Hall of Fame

Browse Pingry's Digital Athletics Hall of Fame and Database of Athletes and Teams!

Digital Athletics Hall of Fame

Letter-In-Life Award

The principal criteria for the Letter-In-Life are (i) an alumnus or alumna who has or has had a distinguished career in professional and/or civic life which has brought honor to Pingry and (ii) the relationship which the recipient has maintained with Pingry.

To nominate a Pingry graduate for this award, please contact Taylor Pennell, Assistant Director of Development, Alumni Engagement, at 908-647-7058 or tpennell@pingry.org.

Award Recipients
2024	N. Gregory Mankiw ’76
2023	Lyric Wallwork Winik ’84
2022	Anne DeLaney ’79
2021	Charles "Charlie" Stillitano, Jr. ’77
2019	Dr. Edus Houston Warren III ’77
2018	Dr. Elizabeth H. Simmons ’81
2017	Henry G. Stifel III ’83
2016	John B. Brescher, Jr. ’65
2015	Duane St. John ’50, USMC (Ret.)
2014	F. Bronson Van Wyck ’63
2013	Dr. Zsolt P. Harsanyi ’61
2012	Donald R. Dixon ’65
2010	David Gelber ’59
2009	Joseph Irenas ’58
2008	Bruce Jacobsen ’78
2007	Kenneth Wachter ’64
2006	Douglas Macrae ’77
2005	David E. Gernert ’74
2004	Michael Chertoff ’71
2003	William V. Engel ’67
2002	Stephan F. Newhouse ’65
2001	Park B. Smith ’50
2000	Dr. Richard L. Cruess ’47
1999	John H. Scully ’62
1998	Amos B. Hostetter Jr. ’54
1997	Dr. H. Franklin Bunn ’53
1996	Peter T. Buchanan ’52
1995	Miller A. Bugliari ’52
1994	John W. Holman, Jr. ’55
1993	Norbert Weldon ’35
1992	Robert B. Gibby ’31
1991	Norman B. Tomlinson Jr. ’44
1990	Atherton Bristol ’41
1989	F. Helmut Weymar ’54
1988	Edward G. Engel ’33
1987	Henry H. Hoyt Jr. ’45
1986	David M. Baldwin ’47
1985	Edward W. Cissel ’39
1984	William M. Bristol III ’39
1983	Warren S. Kimber Jr. ’52
1982	Nelson L. Carr ’24
1981	Dr. William P. Burks ’51
1980	Joseph G. Engel ’35
1979	Woodruff J. English ’27
1978	Professor G. Gaddis Smith ’50
1977	William V. Robinson ’35
1976	Mark N. Donohue Jr. ’55
1975	E. Murray Todd ’16
1974	H. Russell Morss Jr. ’27
1973	James C. Kellogg III ’33
1972	N. Conover English ’29
1971	Robert S. Corbin ’34
1970	Percy H. Buchanan ’12
1969	William S. Beinecke ’31
1968	R. Manning Brown Jr. ’32
1967	Edward J. Dimock ’46
1966	Charles B. Atwater ’31
1965	Matthew Dean Hall ’25
1964	Thomas R. White Jr. ’10
1962	Robert Clarke Crane ’50
1961	William J. Corbet ’21
1960	G. Bartram Woodruff ’00
1958	Norman F. Charlock ’02
1957	Arthur N. Pierson 1883
1956	Piermont V. Davis ’01
1955	Alan F. Myers 1898
1953	Edward W. Brown ’19
1952	John Farr Simmons ’09
1951	Ralph Heyward Isham ’08
1950	George C. Thomas Jr. ’07
1949	James Lawrence Meyers ’07
1948	Edward A. Weeks Jr. ’15
1947	Dr. James Alexander Miller 1889
1946	Richard W. Tregaskis ’34
1945	Chester F. Smith ’08
1944	Newcomb Carlton 1885
1943	William F. Halsey Jr. ’00
1942	Conover English 1894
1941	Horace K. Corbin ’04
1940	J. Mortimer Townley 1880
1939	Thomas N. McCarter 1883
1938	Dr. Dean Mathey ’08

Nelson L. Carr '24 Service Award

The Nelson L. Carr '24 Service Award is awarded for faithful and dedicated service in support of Pingry. Award criteria included the nature and duration of service, and timing (e.g. reunion year) may also be considered when deciding between two or more deserving candidates.

To nominate a member of the Pingry community for this award, please contact Taylor Pennell, Assistant Director of Development, Alumni Engagement, at 908-647-7058 or tpennell@pingry.org.

Award Recipients
2024	Bob Meyer ’56
2023	Genesia Kamen ’79
2022	Norbert "Woody" Weldon '91
2021	Chip Carver '77
2019	Peter "Chip" Korn, Jr. '89
2018	Alison Malin Zoellner '83
2017	Aaron G. Welt '67
2016	Warren S. Kimber, Jr. '52 ( * )
2015	Steven M. Lipper '79
2014	Jonathan A. Shelby '74
2013	Lori Halivopoulos ’78
2012	Tony Borden ’62
2011	Bob Burks ’56
2010	Rob Gibby ’60
2010	Sean O’Donnell ’75
2009	Bruce Morrison ’64
2008	John Wight ’62
2007	Stuart Lederman ’78
2006	Robert M. Pyle ’56
2005	Edward S. Atwater ’63
2004	Rob Hall ’54
2003	Hugh Livengood ’33 ( * )
2002	Stewart E. Lavey ’63
2001	Thomas E. Johnson ’59
2000	John L. Geddes ’62
1999	Andrew H. Campbell ’49
1998	Gordon T. Sulcer ’61
1997	W. Jubb Corbet, Jr. ’50
1996	Albert G. Bauer ’45
1995	Harold S. Thomson ’39
1994	Thomas Black ’32